Tourists walk along Las Vegas Boulevard across the street from the Mirage Hotel and Casino. Many sidewalks are protected from traffic lanes by physical barriers, where others are not. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.
Schoolchildren on the steps of Las Vegas High School. Many students were children of employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. People identified in the photo: Barbara Bell, Enis Liddy, Bob Robbins, Art Mosbach, Tommy Loan, Glenn Trout, Dewey Higbee, Dave Kramer, Otto "Kelly Westlake", Ruth Schuyler, Elsie Goodrich, Iona Jurben. Date estimated between 1917-1918. Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Filming of the motion picture "Meet Me in Las Vegas" by the Sands Hotel swimming pool. Handwritten on back of photograph: "Pasternak, Lee Standfield." Joe Pasternak was the film's producer.
From left to right, Lucille Spire Bruner, Bill Cramer, and Miram Kapfer look at art prints. The Las Vegas Art League changed its name to the Las Vegas Art Museum in 1974.
Aerial view of the LV Downs racetrack, Landmark Casino, and the Las Vegas Convention Center in foreground. Transcribed from image, "The Thunderbird track was built by Joe Wells, who owned Thunderbird with Marion Hicks and Cliff Jones.' Norm Jansen, informant 11-6-84." Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center; Landmark Hotel and Casino
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-2004) depicts the development of the university and the city of Las Vegas. The collection includes images of campus buildings, student activities, sports teams, past university presidents, and Las Vegas in the early twentieth century. Early images depicting the surrounding area are included in this collection as well.